Wednesday, January 21, 2009

blah-013: Shehzad


خواب جدا رنگ بھرنا اور
کھنا اور حی کرنا اور
صحرا کا دک سمجھی کون
حونا اور گزرنا اور
گھر میں رحنا بات جدا
دل میں جان اترنا اور
جان دکر بھی لگتا حی
مجھکو حی کچ مرنا اور

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A wonderful piece by Farhat Shehzad.
I first came across Shehzad at alt.language.urdu.poetry. I particularly liked his "Ek bas tu hi nahi" ( tougher to type in Urdu for a beginner like me :( and therefore just linked) The above piece is roughly romanized below. Do listen to an extraordinary rendition of the same by Jalota.


khwaab judaa rang bharna aur
kehana aur hai karna aur
seharaa ka dukh samjhe kaun
hona aur guzarna aur
ghar mein rehana baat judaa
dil mein jaan utarnaa aur
jaan dekar bhi lagta hai
mujhko hai kuchh marna aur

But the lines I love the most are from "Ek bas tu hi nahi"

uth ke ma.nzil hii agar aaye to shaayad kuchh ho
shauq-e-ma.nzil me.n meraa aabalaapaa ho baiThaa

masalahat chhin gaii quvvat-e-guftaar magar
kuchh na kahanaa hii meraa merii sadaa ho baiThaa
[Note: Urdu fonts necessary for proper display. Typed using XKB .  Apologies for any typos ( unable to right hai properly for instance) Seems like scim does not have a Urdu interface]

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